I’ve been looking into network automation for quite some time now. Originally I started off looking into automating small tasks by writing Python scripts but then moved onto configuration management and orchestration tools. While it might sound like a pretty straightforward path, it was actually quite an interesting experience. In this post I’...
What better way to start the Zero to Hero Guide than learning how to build your own ONTAP lab for free? Thanks to Neil Anderson over at FlackBox, we can do just that! Neil has written a book which covers the entire end to end process. The book contains easy to follow step by step instructions, screenshots and diagrams to ensure that nothing get...
Note: As you will soon see I use tables (some might say excessively :P) in this post. I did this is because it closely resembles what a lot of network engineers do when they’re performing subnet calculations with a pen and paper. This is a very important skill to learn as you won’t always have access to a subnet calculator when you need one. I ...
If you’ve never delved into the server or storage side of the IT industry, there is a chance you might not have heard of RAID before (Redundant Array of Independent Disks). Now before I get started I just wanted to point out that as there is already a massive amount of RAID information available on the internet, I’m going to do my best not to re...
Just under a year ago I wrote a blog series called NetApp From The Ground Up - A Beginner’s Gude. Since the publication of the series I have been getting e-mails, Tweets and LinkedIn messages from people asking for more. So here it is - The NetApp Zero to Hero Guide. This series of posts is aimed at people who have zero storage knowledge. Each ...